{"product_id":"rethinking-the-angelic-doctor-9781433196485","title":"Rethinking the Angelic Doctor","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRe-thinking the Angelic Doctor\u003c\/em\u003e is a major new reassessment of the reception of Thomas Aquinas in the work of the twentieth-century American philosopher W. Norris Clarke. Author Aloysius N. Ezeoba explores the question of whether Clarke was engaged in a creative retrieval of Aquinas' system of thought  with a focus on the human person  or whether Clarke was forging his own path in attemptting to provide a creative completion. Shedding new light on the workings of two great minds separated by eight centuries, \u003ci\u003eRe-thinking the Angelic Doctor \u003c\/i\u003ewill be of interest to readers who are looking for a timely re-examination of the Aristotelian arguments, especially as they are appropriated by template religious thinkers such as Aquinas. It will also be a valuable resource in graduate courses in medieval and modern philosophy and theology. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders concerned with understanding how to appropriate St. Thomas Aquinas's thinking for the twenty-first century will be great\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword – Introduction – Human Person as \u003ci\u003eSubstance \u003c\/i\u003e– The Human Person in Clarke is a Dynamic Substance Rooted in Esse – Human Substance in Aquinas’ vis-à-vis Clarke’s – Clarke’s Problem with The Human Substance Among Some Modern and Contemporary Thinkers – New Notion of Substance as Intrinsically Dynamic – Human Person as Relation – Clarke’s Theory of Relation in Aquinas – The Origin of The Primordial Notion of Relations – Developed Primordial Relations Among Contemporary Thinkers – Clarke and Contentious Problems of Person as Relation in the Contemporary Thought – Human Person as Substance-in-Relation – Clarke’s Notion of Person – Reason for Relation (agere) – The Ontological Orientation of the Human Person – Transcendental Method – Aquinas’ Root of Clarke’s Thought and Relational Problem – Substance-in-relation: Creative Retrieval or Completion of Aquinas’ Thought? – Relational Problem, Dangers, and Proposal – Proposal for the Development of the Primordial Relation in esse – Conclusion – Bibliography – Index.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang Publishing Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039700222295,"sku":"9781433196485","price":60.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781433196485.jpg?v=1750944526","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rethinking-the-angelic-doctor-9781433196485","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}